"I will." He does smirk a bit as he watches, because damn, look at the kid go. Wash files a mental note: evidently the cat is a good incentive for him. Good to know.

That said, even Wash has to admit he's impressed with whatever magic or powers Idia is using. Kid's a whiner, sure, but he came into this with a strategy and it looks like it's paying off. Athena, meanwhile, gets to a branch on her tree and just meows as the stars on it are pulled off and levitated away. Okay, so she'll just sit here and look pretty, then. She's good at that.